Tin snips does the trick. I have a guy with 20+ years of roof experience that's a craftsman with snips. It's easy to butcher it if you let a junior guy do it.
*Jason Szumlanski** * *Fafco Solar* On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Ray Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > How is this roof type for flashing? Do you just cut it with a tin > snips? My project only entails replacing an unflashed conduit penetration > with a Soladeck, so I'm hoping it won't be too bad. > > R.Ray Walters > CTO, Solarray, Inc > Nabcep Certified PV Installer, > Licensed Master Electrician > Solar Design Engineer303 505-8760 > > On 3/21/2013 8:58 AM, Jason Szumlanski wrote: > > We've used the standoff and boot method successfully. It dictates where > you put your rows to some extent, but it's not too bad. There is definitely > a hefty up-charge on this roof type. It adds quite a bit of labor and > material. > > > *Jason Szumlanski** * > > *Fafco Solar > * > > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Will White > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> We've done a couple of installs on metal shingle roofs and we used the >> Unirac stand offs with the Oatey boots. We had the standoffs and flashing >> installed by the roofer so it wouldn't void the roof warranty. It cost >> about $1500 extra but we thought it was worth if in case of a leak. >> >> Thanks, >> Will >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________________________________________________ >> Will White >> Regional Field Operations Manager - New England >> >> Real Goods Solar >> 64 Main St. >> Montpelier, VT 05602 >> Tel: (802) 223-7804 <%28802%29%20223-7804> >> Cell: (802) 234-3167 <%28802%29%20234-3167> >> www.realgoodssolar.com >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jesse Dahl >> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:33 PM >> To: Wrenches >> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Metal shingles >> >> Hello, >> >> I looked at a site today and the roofing was a brand of metal shingle. >> This was just a quick drive by and check out the site so I don't have >> access to the brand or method of attachment. >> >> It still got me thinking, what are people doing for attachments to >> roofing like this? 6/12 pitch, and from the photos the client sent me, the >> structure is 2"X6" truss running N-S, with 1"x4" strapping every 4' running >> E-W along with 5/8" OSB on top of the strapping. The trusses look to be on >> 4' centers (just judging by the photo). >> >> The only thing I can think of is EJOT type fasteners through the shingle >> into the truss. The shingles would crush a little bit, but the OSB would >> support it pretty well. Otherwise removing the shingles where the feet >> would go and then..... >> >> As always thanks for all the help. >> >> Jesse >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Home Power magazine >> >> List Address: [email protected] >> >> Change email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List-Archive: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out participant bios: >> www.members.re-wrenches.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Home Power magazine >> >> List Address: [email protected] >> >> Change email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List-Archive: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out participant bios: >> www.members.re-wrenches.org >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change email address & > settings:http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette:www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios:www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > >
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